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Bennie L Smith 1920 - 2011

Bennie L Smith of Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on August 10, 1920, and died at age 90 years old on June 11, 2011.
Bennie L Smith
Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL 33150
August 10, 1920
June 11, 2011
Male
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  • 08/10
    1920

    Birthday

    August 10, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Dade County, Florida United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34531725 Enlisted: November 21, 1942 in Cp Blanding Florida Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Kitchen Workers In Hotels, Restaurants, Railroads, Steamships, Etc., N.e.c.
  • 06/11
    2011

    Death

    June 11, 2011
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1920, in the year that Bennie L Smith was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1930, at the age of merely 10 years old, Bennie was alive when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.
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